Health IT news and digital transformation trends

Renton, Wash.-based Providence and IBM have collaborated to launch an AI-powered agent for human resources at the 51-hospital system. Here are four things to know about the partnership, according to a May 6 news release: 1. Providence and IBM Consulting…

Ambient AI is delivering measurable returns for health systems, from reduced documentation time to increased patient volume and revenue. New validation data from KLAS Research provides early evidence of how the technology is performing in clinical settings across the country.…

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network has greatly expanded the use and capabilities of Epic since launching the EHR 10 years ago. Here are four things to know about St. Luke’s Epic journey, according to a May 5 blog…

Healthcare providers and EHR vendors have joined a CMS pledge to streamline the prior authorization process. The agency previously brought the nation’s largest payers together to address the issue, cutting more than 6 million prior authorizations and readying for the…

As hospitals face intensifying pressure on traditional fee-for-service margins, a growing number of health system executives are pointing to artificial intelligence not merely as an operational efficiency play, but as a structural enabler of new and durable revenue streams. From…

The University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Pathology in Pennsylvania is expanding its AI infrastructure to support earlier and more accurate disease detection. The initiative centers on the Computational Pathology and AI Center of Excellence, which will deploy Dell Technologies servers…

In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under four minutes. Within 12 months, multiple other runners had done the same. The barrier, it turned out, was never physical.…

Hospital nurses feel unprepared to safely manage patient care during prolonged cyber-related technology outages, a May 6 report from Black Book Research found. The report, titled “The Nurse Cyber-Downtime Gap,” surveyed 480 registered nurses and examined hospital cyber-downtime readiness from…

OpenAI has released a healthcare policy blueprint calling for broader patient access to medical data, expanded clinician use of AI tools and updated regulatory pathways for AI-supported care. The report, “Keeping Patients First: A Blueprint for AI in U.S. Healthcare,”…

Pennsylvania has sued Character.AI, alleging the company’s AI chatbot unlawfully posed as a licensed medical professional and provided medical advice. The lawsuit, filed by the Pennsylvania Department of State, seeks a preliminary injunction to stop Character.AI from “misrepresenting its AI…